If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound?!!!!?

Answer 1

It does, it goes "Oh shi.............." (Wait, this is a family site, right?)

Answer 2

If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around... did it actually fall in the first place?

Answer 3

If I have the physics right....

The fall causes vibrations in the ground and air. When the vibrations come into contact with movable bits, they cause the movable bits to vibrate. The eardrum is the movable bit we live with, so we associate sound with its vibrations primarily.

Now define sound.

Answer 4

Very philosophical... what is sound if there's no one to hear it??
the sound exists but there is no PERCEPTION of that sound since no one was around =)

Answer 5

Yes, just like a man, all by himself, without a woman around is wrong in whatever he says. ;)

Answer 6

if there are no auditory receptors (ears) of any kind, then no, it does not make a sound. It makes wavelengths that can be interpreted as sound, but the wavelengths need ears to interpret it.

Answer 7

Ohh..my brain! No Zen puzzles....please...*faints* OF COURSE! It DOES MAKE A SOUND!

Answer 8

AS long as the same normal condition exist yes it will make a noise no matter who does not hear it.........................

Answer 9

If there is no one there to hear it, does it matter?

Answer 10

I fI sneak up on you and you don't see me, and I kick you in the crotch does it hurt?

Of course it does.